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From the Life
by Bottome, Phyllis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Faber & Faber, London, 1946. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Poor. introduction by author. Orange coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping and fading to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. The top book edges show foxing, as does the top textblock edge. Browning to the other textblock edges and internal text. Plain text dustwrapper with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Numerous tears, with associated creasing to the top dustwrapper edge. Heavy browning to the backstrip and lighter browning to the other dustwrapper panels. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. "In this volume Miss Bottome takes six persons not only well known to her to personal friendship, but also known to the public for their special contributions to art, religion and science; and by studying their aims or general direction. She accounts for their particular fruits." – From the front fold over panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), 7-108 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 0112398. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0112398
- Title
- From the Life
- Author
- Bottome, Phyllis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Biography, critique, Alfred Adler, Max Beerbohm, Ivor Novello, Sara Delano Roosevelt, Ezra Pound, Victoria Drummond Biography & Autobiography; Unbranded Bottome, Phyllis From the Life
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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